A day in the life of Lydia Taylor
Lydia Taylor April 3rd, 2008
Many people wonder what in the world a real estate agent does all day…well here is a day I had last week. Knowing ahead of time it was going to be busy, I took notes because I decided to blog it!
7:30 a.m. Already showered, shined, and ready to go! I jumped into my Honda and I was off! I was headed to a house that was in need of a termite inspection. I had to meet my client and the termite guy to make sure that the home was termite free.
8:00 a.m. Arrived at the house - the termite guy had already begun his inspection of the exterior. I was merely there to open the house and as a full service real estate agent I like to be present in case I was needed for anything.
8:30 a.m. The inspection was finished and the house was termite free! I bid the termite guy and my client a good day, and I was off to my next destination.
8:45 a.m. I arrived at a Realtor’s house to go over a pending deal and to pass a few minutes while I waited to go to my next appointment.
9:15 a.m. Left my Realtor friend’s home and headed to a local attorney’s office for the first of two home sale closings that I had scheduled for the day.
9:30 a.m. Arrived at the attorneys office with my calculator in hand. Typically I get the HUD statement ahead of time and I can add my numbers in peace. However in this case, the HUD was not ready early. I sat in the lobby going through all of the figures - making sure that all the numbers were correct and that my seller did not have any surprises.
9:45 a.m. The people involved in the house transaction begin to trickle in for the 10 a.m. closing.
10:10 a.m. We sit down at the closing table. I have pretty much nothing to do during this time except be there for questions and moral support. I was representing the seller, and as this was a listing sale, my seller had little to do but sign the deed and collect his check!
10:45 a.m. The closing came to an end. Time to congratulate everyone on their selling and buying of this home!
11:15 a.m. After a chat with my seller in the parking lot, my clients for my 11:30 closing arrived. I was representing the buyers on this transaction. Thankfully, there were no calculator pulls on this one - I had already done the math and my buyers were getting a fantastic deal.
12:45 p.m. The closing went off without a hitch and I took time to thank and congratulate everyone in the room.
1:00 p.m. LUNCH! I ate my favorite to keep me going for the rest of the day…MEXICAN!
2:00 p.m. Lunch was over and I had to head to the house to change into jeans and pick up my husband’s truck. My client for the second house sale did not have a way to get their newly purchased bed to their house. They said if they waited for it to be delivered, they would have had to sleep on the floor for 3 nights. I volunteered to help them out.
2:45 p.m. I was off to meet my clients at the furniture store in the truck.
3:30 p.m. The truck was loaded with the bed and I was off for delivery!
4:00 p.m. I arrived at the new house, helped them unload their new bed, and I was back in the truck headed to my house. I had to change back into my real estate agent appropriate clothing, pick up my real estate friendly Honda, and meet my next appointment.
4:30 p.m. I darted in the house - swapping clothing in a hurry - and jumped back into my Honda for my 5:00 showing.
5:00 p.m. I met up with some home buyers I’m representing and we viewed 5 houses in a new subdivision.
6:00 p.m. I was off for my next appointment to show a listing of mine in Edgefield, SC.
6:30 p.m. Arrived at the listing and showed my prospective buyers the listing. It went well - they said they were interested, but you never know.
6:45 p.m. I was back in my trusty Honda, finally headed home.
7:15 p.m. I arrived home - looking a little worn and torn from the day - but overall feeling pretty good. During a typical day, I get tons of incoming cell phone calls. I check the handset and see that I had 18 incoming cell phone calls and and a few office voice mail calls. I don’t bother looking at outgoing calls - Verizon needs to send me a gift basket or something. But, I had just had the kind of day I love…I was running all day!
9:30 p.m. I’ve done the dinner thing, kissed my husband, petted the dogs. Now it’s time to check the website and make sure there are no emails.
9:32 p.m. Groan at my inbox. You want extra information on how many houses again?
10:35 p.m. Done with emails. Time for bed.
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Wow you seem busy.
What stood out to me was
“My client for the second house sale did not have a way to get their newly purchased bed to their house. They said if they waited for it to be delivered, they would have had to sleep on the floor for 3 nights. I volunteered to help them out.”
I think this is what seperates extraordinary realtors and people from everyone else. Basically really looking to help your clients instead of just doing what is required.